. The law is that land of different qualities must be used to pay claimants in different situations; in particular … case, the purpose of the legislation is unclear. In this paper, I explore the possibility that the law is designed to …

larger in size are valued higher. The interaction term of any variable with law enforcement term are not significant in any … model suggesting that firm performance is not affected by rule of law in countries where legal environment is weak. These …

agricultural rationing, we first check if the model stands up to China's data from 1949-1992, we find that the importance of … consumption is also less than that of investment. Such findings are consistent with the reality of China. …

The employment shock of late 2008 in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) may have been a product of three different … growth, (ii) the introduction of the new Labor Contract Law at the start of 2008, and (iii) the reduction in export orders …

employment rate. Our illustrative application to China shows that gradually increasing the current low minimum age of retirement …

In the paper we discuss China's participation in both the 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on a post-Kyoto global climate … change regime currently under way and out beyond Copenhagen in further negotiations likely to follow. China is now both the …. In the Copenhagen negotiation, there will be strong pressure on China to take on emissions reduction commitments and …